Friday, August 26, 2011

Pictures from my Paris Trip!

Okay, so you guys were all so nice and wished me a nice trip and asked for pictures :) So, over a month after we got back, I'm finally typing up this post. Hope you enjoy :)

So, that's me standing in front of a house overgrown with plants. Cool right? We actually discovered this while we were searching for a place to eat somehwere in the neighbourhood of the Eiffel Tower. I'd live in that house.

Me and the boyfriend in front of the Eiffel Tower. The weather was so nice our first night, we just sat on the grass in front of the Eiffel Tower and lounged. And there was an incredibly nice Australian lady who offered to take our picture when she saw us trying to take one ourselves. So, thanks again! When it gets dark all these light come on and it's very pretty (seriously, that thing isn't normally, it's just a big lunk of metal sitting there).

That pretty building in the back is the Sacre Coeur, which is a beautiful church. Our hotel was actually near it, closer to Gare du Nord. We went in there to hide from the rain and they were right in the middle of mass. It was a pretty average Tuesday and there were a LOT of people inside in the middle of the day, and something I've never seen before: about 20 nuns attending. I'm not religious, but I thought it was really beautiful.

The Jardins du Luxembourg. There were chairs all over the gardens and we sat here for a while and rested after walking across half of Paris :)

Even on a random Tuesday, the Champs Elysees is terribly crowded.

If you look close you can see it's a picture of the incredibly LONG line for the Louvre! And this isn't even all. Seriously, we stood in line for almost an hour and a half. But it was totally worth it! If you ever go to Paris, visit the Louvre. It's amazing, even if it was just the building itself, I'd recommend going there. But the art is wonderful as well! We could tell in advance without a map if we were getting close to something famous, because there would be way more people around. There was even a LINE to see the Mona Lisa.

And the sun decided to grace us with her presence when we got out of the Louvre :)

So, that was my trip. We visited a lot more things, but sadly, we also forgot to take pictures of a lot of it while we were oogling the scenery.
Another part of Paris totally worth visiting: Montmartre, it's right next to the Sacre Coeur and on the Pace du Tertre are lots of artists sketching/painting/making art otherwise. It was wonderful. And they have all these little shops that sell crêpes, so yummy!


  1. Oh, it looks like a lovely trip!! and your pictures are great!! :D

    I'm so glad you had such a great time!

  2. Great pictures! Thanks for posting.

  3. No fair! I've been to Paris twice but recently I've had a very large urge to return.

  4. How lovely! It sounds like you guys had an awesome time :-)

  5. Ahhhh lucky lucky you! Paris looks gorgeous, I've never been. Thanks for sharing your pictures!